GAP factor 5.5% slower than flat · net elevation 5 m
Decision summary
Lower than 81% of comparable mapped races
15:00:00 total cut-off
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Sheltowee Trace Ultras (Big Turtle Trail Runs), Morehead, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
The Sheltowee Trace Ultras (Big Turtle Trail Runs), Morehead route has 1,187 m of ascent, 1,182 m of descent and an estimated 5.5% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
The Sheltowee Trace Ultras (Big Turtle Trail Runs), Morehead route starts at Morehead State University - Recreation & Wellness Center, 100 Evans Branch Road, Morehead, KY 40351 (downtown Morehead) and finishes at Morehead State University, Morehead, KY (same as start - out-and-back). Underfoot, expect roughly 60% un-paved trail - rocky, narrow single-track with creek/stream crossings, a wooden swinging bridge on the longer distances, plus some swift forest roads. It passes Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail, Daniel Boone National Forest, northern terminus of the Sheltowee Trace, wooden swinging bridge and creek crossings. No failures." The challenge is to finish within the overall cut-off rather than racing the clock.
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The stored route produces 1,187 m of ascent, while a source states 2,530 m. GPS sampling and elevation models can produce different totals, so both are labelled rather than combined.
Its normalised GAP factor is 5.5% slower than a flat course, with about 1187 m of total ascent.